A boy stabbed 18-year-old girl to death, the police suspect it as failure of a love affair. After killing the girl the boy attempted suicide and is now fighting for life in the district hospital.

Boy stabbed girl to death later he attempted suicide by stabbing himself. &nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspThinkstock

Srinagar: In a shocking case of failed love angle an 18-year-old girl was stabbed to death by a boy on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district. According to news agency IANS the police said the deceased was stabbed several times. Meanwhile, when she was rushed to district hospital she was declared dead. The attacker was identified as Mudasir who after stabbing the girl tried to commit suicide by stabbing himself.

A police officer mentioned that he has been shifted to a hospital and he was in a critical condition. The police sources also mentioned that a failed love angle could have led to the crime.

The incident came days after a 31-year-old woman was attacked with acid over a love affair that had gone sour. The incident happened on August 20 and two men were arrested in the case Hapur Chungi road in Ghaziabad for allegedly throwing acid on the woman.

Reportedly, the police said that in July the accused saw the woman stepping out of a man’s car at a Ghaziabad market. The accused claimed, the man who was in the car was not her husband and that he had spotted her with him two-three times more. And later, irked by woman's action the accused planned to take revenge and asked his friends to arrange for a motorcycle and some money, later they hurled acid on woman that evening.

Jammu and Kashmir: Boy stabs 18-year-old girl to death, police suspect failed love affairDescription:A boy stabbed 18-year-old girl to death, the police suspect it as failure of a love affair. After killing the girl the boy attempted suicide and is now fighting for life in the district hospital. Times Now